SO BUSY

i have been doing a lot this week as far as school gos and finishing up painting the deep sht cdr covers. they are looking soooooo good i feel like i will have the rest of them done on sunday.

since i am so busy i will keep thinks short and sweet with a quick list of things i have been into

1. some good bands that i have been digging way hard this week
secret tones
gape attack
virgin tongues (guilty pleasure)
2. SLEEP AT ATP
3. terminal boardumb i haven't been on message boards since i was in high school i don't know how long i will post on this haha
4. new cold cave 12" that is supposed to go up for order at Whats your Rupture? site soon???
5. strange frames video YES!

I'm In My Own Private World

Dirt Dress "Perdido En La Suciedad 1 of 3" TAPE PAPERMADE RECS
i love this band to death, rogers and myself have set up about three different shows for these dudes in Riverside and at all of them, they ruled. not to mention that they are the nicest dudes ever. radness aside these guys make great rock n' roll music, no comparisons, just that, perfect rock n' roll. there is a modesty to this album that i think is to be honored. i can't say enough about this band. perdido en la suciedad 1 of 3 is their latest release on papermade. it is a tape release only but if you want it they have linked on their myspace page a site where you can download it all.
i have linked it here -------->Perdido En La Suciedad

UPTAPE

okay so much has been happening in the land of family time within the last couple weeks that i don't know where to start...
NEW JAMS

paradise vendors 004
rapid youth/graffiti island/male bonding/old blood split 7" yesterday and i can't begin to explain how pumped i am. rapid youth make their debut with probably one of mine and rogers favorite songs that they have ever done, forever losing. i have seen this band grow so much within the past couple of years that it shocks me how they never cease to be better with every song. i am going to go out on a limb but i have said it before, rapid youth is the best band in southern California. i quickly put that on first last night to check that out, i haven't had a chance to listen to the rest.

you should get this 7" no joke you will be missing out if you don't

http://paradisevendorsinc.bigcartel.com/


woodsist 025 "songs of sham"
yeah it is as good as i thought it would be, and then some. has more tracks than the tour tape, and one really long/really rad jam that has the best guitar leads in a pop album in a while. the album closer "where and what you are" is becoming one of my most favorite songs ever!!!

also got
crystal stilts "alight of night"- i like it, i put it on while i wash dishes. this is helping me to accept simplicity when song writing.
cat power "moon pix"- i don't really need to say anything about this album, it speaks for itself and puts most contemporary singer songwriters to shame. i have been wanting it on LP for a while now.
deep sht "weird you"- i have been jamming this release since he sent it my way, the vocals are lazy but concentrated, i can't wait for this to be done

My brother listens to really cool hip hop

So my little brother is one of the coolest guys i know. like strait up cool. and i recently started to notice how cool the hip hop he listens to is.

here's a few jams and picture of my brother.

Sicilian Breeze by The Jaka



The Only Thing That Matters by Curren$y Ft. Street Wiz




Bloodline by Lil Wayne



my brother




<3

BEST BLOG SINCE PUKEKOS

http://nonotfunnotno.blogspot.com/


if you haven't seen this yet thank me later

sam

Stephen Steinbrink "You Are Dead" cdr

I wouldn't feel right about enjoying this CD as much as I have and not write smething about it. I planned to write about it anyway, but now feel that I am actually obligated to do it as a way of giving back. It is that good. This is how the songs made me feel.
The style is not any serious departure from the style of prior releases, it is still Stephen Steinbrink relating deeply personal stories and feelings with the sweetest voice and catchy pop arrangements. the best parts about these songs are the subtle effects which are layered in the background, the occasional lapse into a snotty lyrical attitude, and those catchy fucking bass lines.
The first song/title track makes me feel dumb for making the same mistakes and hoping for different results. It is kind of patronizing in that it sounds approprite for a long thoughtful car ride, but it urges that my thoughtfulness is misguided and futile. The fuzzed out acoustic guitar is still comforting nonetheless. "A Tiny Seed" makes me think of a really aggressive person who is angry because nobody understands/loves him. What will the seed of resentment grow into I wonder? the waves of vocal humms and long pronounced howls that are mixed into the background contribute to the feeling of being stuck inside of one's head.
the next three tracks are very to the point. "No More Night Driving" and "Growing Up is Easy" are frank and honest songs about exactly what the title suggests. "The Cops" is a super graphic song about murder and the boys in blue clean-up-crew, and how it doesnt feel right eating after you watch a corpse get scraped off the sidewalk. these tracks remind me of Jonathan Richman if he was more cynical, and laughed at inapropriate times.
After the true to life narratives of the the middle three songs, the album reverts back to the deeper complexities of the beginning. "Warning" is a sweet Bri White cover that is by far the most cryptic track on the album. It is probably about suicide. and "Wet Cloud" is my favorite track because it is absurd and beautiful, "If i fell through a wet cloud, i would be very wet. to the bones i would bet. then if i kept falling through another wet cloud, it was wetter than the first wet cloud." what does that mean? if you consider that the "sky holds a power and this is the hour to fall," then maybe it makes more sense. or not. it basically begs you to come to your own conclusions about its meaning, and make it your own. and so in that way it is like a gift from Stephen to the listener for listening to the whole album.
The entire album was a gift figuratively and literally, to me. i sent him five bucks (the cost of one) and he sent me three as well as an issue of manys #4 (a thoroughly fucked up cartoon zine) the art is great on everything (see picture) and i have been able to play it for strangers who liked it and subsequently sold my extra copies. when people get pumped on something they have never heard before it is always a good sign. and it probably means that the release diddnt necessitate a review (as it is limited to 100 anyways) but here it is anyways.

WET CLOUD


read what stephen thinks about all sorts of random shit on his blog Holy Smoking.
check out his Myspace.

UPTAPE: PEAKING LIGHTS

since the fall or winter of last year peaking lights have become more and more "my JAM". indra dunis and aaron coyes make up peaking lights hailing from im assuming somwhere in the midwest??? anyways both are from rahdunes and indra is also from Numbers. i really liked numbers as a matter of fact i jammed numbers hard for a good part of my senior year of high school. though i don't really care for erase eratta their split with numbers RULES.

i don't want to talk about numbers a bunch, because anyone who liked dynasty and got into numbers, your bridge isn't made here. numbers the way i loved numbers most consisted of fast sporadic synth music. peaking lights on the other hand are patient with every conscise breath and every noise sounded, i can't begin to tell you how much i have always wanted to be in a band that can feel so necessary and comforting at a slow speed.

the best way for me to describe peaking lights is from a quote that can be seen on the artwork inside of Abe Vigoda's Sophmore album that went somthing like the following "if you stretch out your most favorite moment of your life, you would have one really dull moment." this applies to peaking lights except not dull in the slightest, tantilizing and amazing in the most gentle ways. i feel very good listening to this music.



this song is on their profile it is the jam

NEW ABE VIGODA VID

Abe Vigoda - Don't Lie from Weston Currie on Vimeo.

BOMBAY: ARGUMENTIX HIP-HOP MIXTAPE

a couple years ago i lived at a house called the turtle shouse, many sick bands came through and played. among my favorites was argumentix from portland, if you don't know about argumentix thats a shame. just google argumentix or alarmist. anyways argumentix and his friend dan of budweiser sprite left me almost everything they had. among this was a tape titled the QUE-TONG MIXX TAPE VOL 1 anyways this is a sick bunch of jams that i have been listening to constantly for the past few weeks.

here is the audio for it check it
http://argumentix.podomatic.com/player/web/2007-12-17T09_17_09-08_00

track listing
1. Diplomats-the best out
2. lil wayne- birdman jr
3. young jeezy- gangsta music
4. 666 mafia- don't violate
5. diplomats- get down
6. hell rell- paper boy
7. T.I.- I'm talkin to you
8. dizzee rascal- fix up look sharp
9. 50 cent- many men(wish death)
10. B.G.- bling bling
11. jeulz santana- mic check
12. clipse- god damn
13. destiny's child- soldier
14. fabulous- tit 4 tat
15. akon- i wanna love you
16. young turk- it's in me
17. ?????
18. R. Kelly/ USHER- the same girl
19. nelly furtado i think blah

there you go, this mixtape rules james squeaky rules

RADNESS: Electric Annihilation

Tynan Krakoff of DNT fame doesn't let up for nobody. i am trying to do a label and i really wanted to do a zine/magazine simultaneously but i recently decided to put the latter on the back burner so that i do one good thing instead of two shitty things. anyways Krakoff is putting people to shame with the first publication of Electric Annihilation.

Electric Annihilation(from what i read on the website) is a big ass zine. kindof like fader mag for the punks(not to be confused with punx)
the first issue has interviews with:
henry rollins
sun araw
thurston moore
and wet hair

along with some "scene reports" from corespondents all over the world

this is some crazy jazz. not only that but they are making 5,000 of these and all of the art looks way rad.

here's the catch, they don't deal with paypal. if you want one you need to get your ass an envelope put 3$ in it (cash/check/money order) and mail it to him in SF. if you live overseas you have to go through distro. if you are in canada its 4$

you can get it in selected areas and also certain distro's are going to carry it. not just a couple small ones, but big ones and lots of them.

i think this is amazing and i have admired DNT for quite some time now go check this out.

http://www.electricannihilation.tk/
http://www.dntrecords.com/

andy recently reviewed DNT's release of the yukoXchino split tape with sasqrotch. check that out as well